Saying Good Bye to a Cast Member...

Most of the time when a cast comes together to put forth a great production they become extended members of each other's families. Well sometimes tragedy can strike and take away beloved members of the cast... Ward Bond -April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960 Passed away playing Major Seth Adams on "Wagon Train" -was replaced by John McIntire Joseph Kearns -February 12, 1907 – February 17, 1962 Passed away while playing George Wilson on “Dennis the Menace” -was replaced by Gale Gordon Larry Keating -June 13, 1896 – August 26, 1963 Passed away while playing Roger Addison on “Mister Ed” -was replaced by Leon Ames Alice Pearce -October 16, 1917 - March 3, 1966 Passed away while playing Gladys Kravitz on "Bewitched" -was replaced Sandra Gould *Shortly after her passing she was posthumously awarded an Emmy as best supporting actress* Marion Lorne -August 12, 1883 - May 9, 1968 Passed away while playing Aunt Clara on "Bewitched" -was replaced by Alice Ghostley *10 days after her passing she was posthumously awarded an Emmy as best supporting actress* Bea Benaderet -April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968 Passed away while playing Kate Bradley on “Petticoat Junction” -was replaced by June Lockhart Barbara Pepper -May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969 Passed away while playing Doris Ziffel on “Green Acres” -was replaced by Fran Ryan Billy Halop -February 11, 1920 – November 9, 1976 Passed away while playing Mr. Munson on "All in the Family" Judith Lowry -July 27, 1890 – November 29, 1976 Passed away while playing Sally “Mother” Dexter Lanson on “Phyllis” Burt Mustin -February 8, 1884 - January 28, 1977 Passed away while playing Arthur Lanson on "Phyllis" Zara Cully -January 26, 1892 – February 28, 1978 Passed away while playing Olivia “Mother” Jefferson on “The Jeffersons” Will Geer -March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978 Passed away while played Zeb “Grandpa” Walton on “The Waltons” Jim Davis -August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981 Passed away while playing Jock Ewing on “Dallas” Carolyn Jones -April 28, 1930 - August 3, 1983 Passed away while playing Myrna Clegg on "Capitol" -was replaced by Marla Adams Nicholas Colasanto -January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985 Passed away while playing Ernie “Coach” Pantusso on “Cheers” -was replaced by Woody Harrelson Dolph Sweet -July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985 Passed away while playing Police Chief Carl Kanisky on "Gimme a Break!" Selma Diamond -August 5, 1920 – May 13, 1985 Passed away while playing Baliff Selma Hacker on "Night Court" -was replaced by Florence Halop Florence Halop -January 23, 1923 – July 15, 1986 Passed away while playing Baliff Florence Kleiner on "Night Court" -was replaced by Marsha Warfield Ted Knight -December 7, 1923 – August 26, 1986 Passed away while playing Henry Rush on “Too Close for Comfort” Nancy Marchand -June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000 Passed away while playing Livia Soprano on “The Sopranos” John Ritter -September 17, 1948 - September 11, 2003 Passed away while playing Paul Hennessy on "8 Simple Rules...for Dating My Teenage Daughter" Jerry Orbach -October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004 Passed away while playing Detective Lennie Briscoe on “Law & Order: Trial by Jury” In Memoriam Remembers: Talent that we lost much too early

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